Art & Crafts
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Summer 2020
NEW! Painting En Plein Air for Adults
Students will focus on outdoor landscape painting. Various locations throughout the local area will be selected. Rain dates TBA. Focus will be on color mixing, light and shadow, and composition. Students will be informed of the great plein air traditions of the Impressionists and the Hudson River School painters. Various approaches, including water-mixable techniques in oil painting, to landscape painting will be introduced.
CE-ART 2020PE, $259 (+ $20 studio fee). 8 Sat., May 30-July 25 (skip July 4), 10:00 am-1:00 pm. #5702
Mixed Media Printmaking for Adults 24 Hrs
This course will introduce innovative ways to make homemade prints while also introducing how everyday technol- ogy like copy machines, computers, and jet printers make printing possible and contemporary. Students will make a portrait print by using a photograph. Working from a live model or by drawing from observations, students may paint directly onto a printing plate to make a monotype print on rice paper. The instructor will introduce soft linocut, mono- type, and silkscreen on a variety of printmaking papers with textual effects, fabric inks, mixed media, and collage methods.
CE-ART 2334PE, $290. 12 T/Th, June 23-July 30, 6:30-8:30 pm. #5703
Painting and Drawing for Adults
Work with a variety of media and learn different approaches to painting and drawing. Prep a palette, mix colors, use media, work on various surfaces, learn about brushes, investigate the use of colors and shades, and create strong compositions. Painting and drawing from observation will be implemented by working from a live model, still-life arrangements, and portraiture.
CE-ART 2146PE, $259 (+ $20 studio fee). 12 M/W, June 29-Aug. 5, 6:00-8:00 pm. #5704